Air and dust separator.



W. S. )SBGBNE.

AIR AND DU$T SBPAE APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 16, 1005. 'ESHEETS SHEET l.

anon Jot QM memes No. 880,161. imTEnTm FEE. 25, 1908.

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AIR AND DUST-SEPARATOR.

APPLIOATIQI FILED AUG. 18, 1905.

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WiLLIAM OSBORNE, OF

AXE AND C cancers:

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Vihiia ibis improved sepamar of murse be used in various reiaticns and in different 513 961318. parform sari p 5011 interns r 'ustal 62 a eAacL comm: x the valves 1n the connec- Yv'hfle these valves are used, UH? nice adjustmenfis are secureai the position of the uppm cone with respec t0 the iowea'.

efors pretending to describe the sepm-w hcwevsr, t1 9 sjrsiem referred in WE be fig @XDi1i -I1i it Consists of s sepamsr, 1st colieckoa, a a? st collecimg a fan meats-d 3 .13% s: d'separatu? "id dust vnfiecwi, and suitsbie [20311160- 21s enanis file fan Qlm'sv sis 10m said im GVISE said tubes thresgh said ssparstur S10 ce is back intc c01- isctur, thus to tmverse a su bstm "2.1153253 cimseii circuib Means 0f cmnss provizisd. i 01 feeding nmieriai aha 21ml iamov' it, they m. cluitszblia gcveming wives, are; also pr0- vidnd. m to be grade" is dsiivsred. to the separatns .1 an imtiai segmmtion place, sh? bibles ling into was Ms helm-v- -e separately and the fines bsmg caried 1w he dustcafiector where sscond q J m'izss glass The finest paiticiss saline-: on aver this coiiecting Where 111.2,} separation occurs.

View 05 the mi -ustabi 601:8 which is a damn oi the separator, showing the operatmg lei/e1 ad usting rack, etc, tbs parts bung shown 61651111985 ssmewhm Gut 0f their assembled pqsitions.

1, \S the sepursmr, 2 the dustcofleetor, 3 mliecx' 1g wbes and 4 the fan. The coniiQns inimtml as foflows:

' ing the separator with the eye 0f s as the connection between the deids of the an and the dust coliectsr; is a lsading fmm the dust c nfiisc'i-m a 8, 81511;: to a pipe $1 cozmeiing eschzmn with a cmnpflsin; ha the Last wiiecting tubes wln'ich airs \ntiy but nst nscessarfly arranged in ci sis; w, H) are ihfiilifiSOf 21%", 11, Lamb rem U19 Digse '9 i0 aha pipe 32 which com- I Limit 0 the sspamtosand se to "fan, and is a pips jsining the hopper of Lust collecting $111025 3 with five hopper 4 of the se :zrsisr. Valves or dampers 15, shown, are located in each branch ei both s and in the 5 and 13. in 122 outlet 6f 'i hf various refieptqfies are slide Hives six J 5: above in gsnsr system and as 5 is the.

No. 746,671 above referred to, no further statement of its operation is necessary here.

The separator 1 has a casing 17, which for ease of description may be regarded as having two parts, the octagonal box 18 above. and the hopper 14 below, on which the box 1h rests. The first of these serves to su iport the end of the feed pipe 19 and that ol the air pipe 12, both of which are preferably inclined and enter a round hollow boss 20, concentric with the casing and sul'liciently elevated above the top .of the box 13 to allow space for this purpose. Corresponding to this boss, and if desired a part of it. is an annular flange or wall '21 which projects down a short distance from the top 01' the box 18 forming a battle. The air pipe'12 constitutes an ziir inlet into the boss 20, andihe chamber formed by the boss 20 and the wall '21 constitutes an air inlet into the casing 17. The feed- )l )e 19 is continued into the space inclosed by said boss and wall and has at its extremity a short vertical portion .22, which is concentric with the boss 20. Located centrally of the casing, boss, and portion 22 offeed pipe 19 is a shaft 23, on which is splined a disk 24, the diameter of which is preferably the same or slightly greater than the outer diameter of the vertical portioii 22 of feed ipe 19. The portion 22 projects preferab y about three inches below the top of box 18 and has been advantageously given a diarneterof six inches. The disk 24 is best adjusted sufficiently below the end of the vertical portion 22 to make the area between these elements equal to the area of the pipe. At the top of shaft 23, is a bevel gear 25 with which meshes a similar gear 26 located on a shaft 27 su ported 111 suitable bearings This shaft 1s.

28 on the top 0 the casing'.

I driven by any desired means.

In order to allow the disk to be adjusted from the outside of the separator, instead of from within by the movement of the disk along the shaft, the said shaft 23 may be arranged to slide through the gear 25, and be retained in its adjustment by any suitable means as a set screw 29 on the hub of the gear wheel. The wall or flange 21 pro ects'down somewhat below the disk to act as a stop for the 'heavier particles which will be whirled with great force outward against it by the rapidly rotatin disk.

Witlun the separator is an adjustable deflector. 30, preferably a cone .or pyramid, which is part of the controlling and separat- --ing mechanism. This cone is sup orted by a frame 31, havin legs 32, exten ing down through the top of the casing and secured to r the cone.

A lever 33 fulcrumed on a su port 34 on the top of the casing upholds the rame and cone, being loosely attached to the former,as by a pivot pin 35, as shown, passing through an eye 36 on a lug 37 central of the frame. 38 is a rack provlded with teeth or holes 39 with which the locking det ent 40 controlled by the hand lever 41, 13,1 connection 42, cooperates in a wellknowii nan- Stop nor, to retain any desired adjustment.

pins capable of being placed in holes in a barmay be used instead of the rack and detent, though the latter is more convenient.

Within the hopper 14 of the casing the )ipe 5 which leads from the separator to the, tan is brought to the center of the casing and has a vertical portion 43 which isconcentric with the casing and whose extreme end isv surrounded by a slanting collar 44 forming a tru nc flied Q0110 or pyramid, the pitch of which is less than that of the adjustable cone 30 above it with which it forins in etl'ect a valve. This ditl'erence in pitch results in lessening the force oi" the air currents as the s )ace' between the surfaces of the two cones ecoines greater, as the air nears the pipe 5. The

ell'ect is to permit particles which have been swept between the cones by the strength of the currents of air, but which are too coarse and heavy to be properly carried over into the dust. collector, to drop down onto the lower cone as the current being diflused in the larger-space weakens, and to slide back down the surface of the said cone into the hopper of the separator.- Of course the cones inig it .havethe same angle but that is a construction greatly inferior to the one just described.

The 0 eration of my separator is as follows: Tqie'fan 4 being in motion creates a current of air through the separator, which current enters boss 20, above the vertical ortion 22 ofthe feed pipe 19, and leaves it.

)y assing between the two cones 30 and 44 out through dpipe 5. The disk 24, is t e naterial to be graded Under these the heavier and coarser ones are hurled against the. wall or flange 21, from which they drop onto the slanting surface of the h t ey tend to slide,

upper cone 30, down whic I and being too heavy to be carried by the air current t rough the outlet, fall at len thiinto the hopper 14 of the separator. 'T 1e finer particles are carried with the air current exit of the separator by pipe 5. The fineness of the products is regulated chiefly by adjusting the upper cone toward or away from the lower cone. -As the opening between the.

two is decreased the force .of the ..air current increases and the particles carried with it out of the separator areeoarser and heavier.

Correspondingly, increase in the size of the mgmrzziml 65 d outmeans amben second cone below the first and having its cones to control the said outlet, substansurface less inclined than that of the upper tially as described. 1 cone, an outlet from the space betweenthe Signed by me this 15 day of August 1905. cones, means for drawing 8.11 laden with ma- WILLIAM OSBORNE:

terial between the outer edges of said cones along the upper surface of'- said lower cone W'itnessesz' and downwardly through said outlet and e H. REA ENGLE, means to vary the distance between the! G. W. OSBORNE. 

